Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Claps Back at Scathing Reviews
Tom Cruise plays an oil tycoon whose drilling triggers a global disaster in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s satire, which has a 54% Rotten Tomatoes score.
- On Friday, Warner Bros. released director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's satirical climate-disaster film Digger, starring Tom Cruise as an oil tycoon navigating an ecological catastrophe.
- Oil magnate Digger Rockwell faces disaster after a drilling rig explosion in Greenland releases a massive ice shelf nicknamed Judy, which barrels toward Europe threatening catastrophic destruction.
- Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki employs wide-angle lenses and VistaVision to create an arresting visual style, while Cruise wears heavy prosthetics and a Texas-sized twang as the film's polarizing lead.
- Digger holds a 56% Rotten Tomatoes score reflecting divided critical opinion, yet reviewers praise the performances of Cruise and co-star Riz Ahmed as standout elements amid the film's heavy-handed satire.
- A structural twist at 20 minutes into the 108-minute runtime fundamentally alters the narrative, forcing audiences to reconcile conflicting storytelling modes and raising questions about the film's satirical effectiveness and awards prospects.
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It's been more than a decade since Tom Cruise played in a film of a different kind than the action film. But the actor from "Mission Impossible" completely changed the record for "Diggers," his new feature film appeared on Friday in the cinema. And with the change of genre came and a dramatic change of appearance. Cruise, now...
Anne Hathaway steals 'Verity' whereas Tom Cruise's turn in 'Digger' misfires
Cruise's trademark intensity turns leaden and fatiguing in this heavy-handed satire — an endurance test disguised as black comedy. Hathaway, however, feasts on villainy, articulating evil utterances and staring daggers into the camera. One's unbearable to watch. The other is delicious, according to critic Sean Burns.
Moving away from his usual roles in the action films, the actor is almost unrecognizable in the black comedy of Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who divided the film critics.
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